Hi Everyone,
I've got an odd problem that I'm not really sure where to start the troubleshooting process.
I have a 'server' with Windows Server 2008R2 (64-bit) installed and it has a couple of hard drives. If I Remote Desktop into the server and transfer files from one HD to the other, all it fine.
If however, I use my workstation (Windows 7 64bit) and open up a shared resource on the server and transfer a file from one hard drive on the server to another HD on the server (not using Remote Desktop, just Windows explorer/Network places), the transfer crawls... It takes about 5mins to discover files/calculate the transfer and then starts transferring at speeds like 56KB/s - 200KB/s.
Both machines have Marvel GigE network ports with a TrendNet 8-port green GigE switch. I've set Jumbo packets to 9K on both machines...
hi
i just formated my pc and installed WinXP sp3.
now when i lock my comp. (Windows + L) or (ctrl + alt + del) it loses connection (LAN).
is there any registry hack or something else because it didn't do this before formating?
I've been fighting with this problem for the last 3 weeks where my machine will just instantly reboot. No BSOD, and when i checked the event log all that was reported was the generic "Kernal-power" error with the detailed information pointing to a hard crash.
This is a machine that was working for 18 months before these crashes started happening. When they started happening is after I added 3 HDs in a RAID-5, upped the memory to 12gb, moved to a new house, added a SSD and added about 5 case fans.
I have thus eliminated the RAID, and determined that the SSD was not the cause (because it was still crashing even though the ssd wasn't connected).
I've run memtest several times over night with no memory problems showing up.
I've run IntelBurnTest to max out the cpu to see if it was a heat issue and at full tilt after 20 min it was only at 85C and the machine didn't crash. I also took a look at the voltages during this test, with a screenshot at the bottom of this post
I've ruled out a software issue by reinstalling windows 7 ultimate x64 a total of 5 times, but even during that the install it crashes. Happens sometime during file copying at the beginning, or during uncompressing files, or sometimes during running windows update.
The only discernible pattern i can see is that it seems to crash when hard disks might be spinning up or when they are accessed heavily from large file transfers.
My current guess is that it is probably an issue with the MB, PSU or the power coming through the outlet.
Any suggestions of what i could try to troubleshoot or what may be wrong?
Specs
PSU: Seasonic M12 700w
Mem: 12gb
CPU: i7-920 with stock heatsink
MB: Asus P6T
HDs: 3 green WD and 1 Corsair force 3 120b with 1.3.3 firmware
Running full tilt voltages
Idling Voltages
I have the IP addresses of some computers on my network. Is there any command line tool like PsExec, which can take the IP Address as input and find out the username of the currently logged in user? I can install stuff on my workstation, but not the others. I can also run Metasploit / NMap / any other such program on my workstation.
When my new system is powered up, the case fan and power supply fans turn fine. The CPU fan twitches, but never gets going. Although I've heard that with AMDs and Gigabyte motherboards that is not necessary a problem. Hard drive is spinning. However, there is absolutely no indication that anything else is happening. The motherboard, as far as I can tell, does not have an internal speaker, but I harvested one from another machine and plugged it in and still no beeps at all. The monitor screen stays black, on both the integrated VGA and DVI.
This is a brand new build, and has never successfully booted.
My parts are:
AMD Athlon II X2 245 Regor 2.9GHz
Socket AM3 65W Dual-Core Processor
Model ADX245OCGQBOX - includes CPU
cooler)
GIGABYTE GA-MA785GPMT-UD2H AM3 AMD
785G HDMI Micro ATX AMD Motherboard -
Retail
G.SKILL Ripjaws Series 4GB (2 x 2GB)
240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1333 (PC3
10666) Desktop Memory Model
F3-10666CL8D-4GBRM - Retail
CORSAIR CMPSU-400CX 400W ATX12V V2.2
80 PLUS Certified Compatible with
Core i7 Power Supply - Retail
SAMSUNG Spinpoint F3 HD502HJ 500GB
7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal
Hard Drive -Bare Drive
COOLER MASTER Elite 341
RC-341C-KKN1-GP Black Steel MicroATX
Mid Tower Computer Case - Retail
I also have a DVD burner, but it acts
the same whether that is plugged in
or not.
I'm using the on board video.
What I've tried so far:
I've switched power supplies, with no
difference.
I've tried different monitors (of
which all are working on other
machines) with no difference.
I have tried putting it one memory
module at a time, with no difference.
I have tried the absolute minimum I
can think of (power supply into
motherboard, power button ONLY
plugged into front panel, CPU fan
plugged in), with no difference.
I appreciate any ideas anyone might have. Do I need to RMA the motherboard? This is my first build, so there might be something obvious. I was very careful in assembly with static; I'm confident nothing was zapped during assembly.
I am new to this forum. I purchased a new tablet Datawind Ubislate 9ci. It is a 9 inch no-bluetooth tablet.
Details:
Android 4.1.1
Rock chip RK2928
KERNEL linux version 3.0.36
I was trying to install CWM through mobile odin and ROM manager but my tablet was not supported so i downloaded build.prop editor from google play and changed it to some other cwm recognizable model viz. Samsung, nexus etc. When i was doing the above mentioned procedure, suddenly my tablet is coming up to bootloading and hanging there only and not opening
i went to recovery and tried to do wipe data factory reset but failed to get opened after boot android system recovery(3e) has the following options
1)reboot system now
2)apply update from ADB
3)apply update from external storage
4)update rkimage from external storage
6)wipe data factory reset
7)wipe cache partition
8)recovery system from back up
i tried to do wipe data factory reset 2-3 times but still hanging at boot
i had not made any back up before this bootloop and also tried hard reset by pressing needle at the back please somebody help me to get rid of this problem and also tell me how to unlock bootloader thank you
Hi there,
I have running a Windows XP SP3 Machine and I can't login after I have locked my Workstation. I changed my password and installed last Updates from Microsoft last Friday.
When Windows comes up, there is no problem to login. But after I locked it, it tells me that my password is wrong.
I pushed the client again into the domain, but doesn't help.
Thanks,
cyntaxx
I have an .exe I would like to install on a large farm of Windows Server 2008 computers. I am attempting to use Powershell remoting. I have this command which works locally:
invoke-command {& "N:\Temp\fortify_installer\HP-Fortify-3.20-Analyzers_and_Apps-Windows-x86.exe /s /f1N:\Temp\fortify_installer\response.iss"}
But when I add the -computername flag it seems to go off to nowhere, and the installer is never run on the remote machine.
I can launch notepad.exe via the same command and it runs. Does it have something to do with it being an installer, or something else? I realize many versions of this question have been asked and I have read them, but I am still confused as to why this doesn't work.
I have a desktop system installed with a 250 GB hdd (seagate sata II) this system is having a power supply of 500W (not sure if it is 650W but not more than that) the power supply is a local brand.
Will it be safe to attach a second 250 GB sata II hdd on the same system.
Safe in the sense that the system may not fall short of power at any time.
My system's config is as follows
Core2Duo processor
Mercury cabinet having an additional fan (small one)
sata dvd writer 52X
windows xp sp 2
ASUS motherboard (intel G965 express chipset)
If the above specified power supply is not sufficient for above configuration of system then please suggest the appropriate power supply (including watts)
Hi all, this is the situation, this is a Dell Optiplex 755, I recently upgraded it to Windows 7 64 bits, it had Windows XP SP3 previously, on XP I never had a problem hibernating the PC, now with Windows 7 64 every time I hibernate the PC it wakes it self after 5 or so seconds.
Here are the steps I already tried:
On Windows 7 I enabled the hibernation following this steps
In the MoBo the sleep settings are on S3
In the Mobo I disable remote wake ups
I have disabled the remote wake up in the NIC
When I run the lastwake command I get unknown device or something like that
I already disable the wake timers on Windows
I have the latest drivers from Intel, but I just found out that in the device Manager I get a warning sign on the "Intel AMT SOL (COM3)" device saying that it failed and windows stopped the device, I reinstalled the Intel drivers but nothing changed.
The only thing that I haven't touch is Intel ME in the MoBo but I don't if that could help and what settings are correct.
Thanks for you help.
There's a bit of a story to this, so bear with me...
I am looking for a new job and came across a posting for a computer forensics position. Its not really my field, but I thought I would apply anyway, just for fun. To make a longer story shorter, they want you to uncover as many passwords as you can find. I downloaded an image and dd'd it to a thumbdrive. The only thing visible was a text file, which contained a password.
I knew there had to be more, so I used an undelete utility and found 2 deleted files. First there was another text file with a password - easy. The other was a .pst file which I mounted into outlook. There were some emails with passwords, as well as an email with an image. Another email has a link to a stegenography site.
Obviously, there was a file hidden in the image, so I went to the website and downloaded the stegenography decoder. I had to try some of the passwords I had found to get the file to decrypt, and sure enough, there was another text file with a password. I called it a day at that point.
Did I miss any other methods?
I've had mixed results with using Windows Explorer to browse remote file shares.
The setup:
I'm at work on Windows XP SP3
Files are at home on Windows XP SP3
Two separate VPNs are available to access my PC at home
corporate OpenVPN (10.1.2.3)
a Hamachi/LogMeIn connection (5.1.2.3)
With respect to my problem, it doesn't matter which IP I use. They both perform exactly the same way:
I expect that if I open Windows Explorer and type in \\10.1.2.3\Shared I should be interrupted with a challenge for credentials, and then be able to interact with the files in the share. However, I just get that annoying dialog, "Windows cannot find '\10.1.2.3\Shared' Check the spelling and try again, or try searching for the item ..."
However, I can take that exact same computername/sharename and with net use I can:
net use * \\10.1.2.3\Shared * /user:homecomputername\username
with this result:
Type the password for \\5.69.83.158\C$:
Drive Z: is now connected to \\5.69.83.158\C$.
The command completed successfully.
I can then access the files in Z: in Windows Explorer which was my original intent.
Even after Z: is already mapped and the credentials are cached I still cannot bring up \\10.1.2.3\Shared in Windows Explorer.
Why does the latter work, but not the former?
Edit: Other services work fine, such as RDP. (I have a problem in which I can't SSH home, but I'll consider that separately.)
Basic scenario: we are a school (overwhelmingly Mac, some Windows machines via BootCamp), and we are considering using DeepFreeze to guard the state of our shared machines. We have roughly 250 machines that are either shared laptops (which move around quite a bit) or common desktops in public spaces. Obviously, we spend a lot of time maintaining the machines and trying to reverse the inevitable drift as people make changes to the computers. We would like to control the integrity of the build we initially put onto the machines without handcuffing users and especially without using Mac's Parental Control software. (We've had nothing but bad experiences with it.)
We've been testing DeepFreeze, and so far it's very impressive. But I'm curious to hear if people who have used DeepFreeze or any similar software have any advice or tips. To get things started, I will post my own pros and cons.
Pros:
The state of the machine is frozen in our chosen state. All changes made to the machine after that disappear upon restart. (This frozen state really appears to cover everything. I have yet to do something to a test machine that isn't instantly healed.) Tons of trivial but time-consuming maintenance is gone in an instant. Also, lots of not-so-trivial breakage should be avoided.
There are good options, however, that allow you to create storage spaces either globally or per user. (Otherwise, stored files disappear upon reboot. For some machines, this is a good option itself. Simply warn people: save externally or else; this machine is a kiosk, not your storage space.)
Cons:
Anytime we actually need to make a change (upgrade basic software, add a printer or an airport permanently, add new software), the process is a bit more complex. Reboot into a special mode (thaw state), make changes, reboot back into frozen mode. If (when?) we forget this, we will end up making changes that disappear after the next reboot.
Users will forget to save files correctly (in the right place or externally), and we will have loud, unpleasant conversations explaining that we can't recover the document they worked on all afternoon yesterday. The machine rebooted. The file is gone.
These are my initial thoughts, but I would love to hear from other people who have experience with DeepFreeze or any similar software. What should we be careful about? Do the pros outweigh the cons? What gains or problems am I not seeing? Thanks.
I can connect to other computers on my home network (ubuntu + OSX machines) using the IP address, but I can't connect using the netbios name.
On the mac the name appears in Finder but if I try to connect (goconnect to server smb://[email protected]) it doesn't work, while smb://[email protected] does. Same with ssh, ping and afp between the macs.
This is a intermittent problem. It has worked in the past.
I upgraded to Lucid today, and after the update the display is "frozen". I can move the cursor, but I cannot click on anything, nor does it respond to any keys.
The only way to fix it is to SSH into the machine (which, by the way, works just fine), and kill and start X. Then I'm taken back to the login screen and everything works. This happens every time I boot.
Let me know if there are more details that I can provide.
Is there a way to use rdesktop or another Linux client to connect to a server that requires Network Level Authentication?
From Windows Server 2008 R2 -- Control Panel -- System And Security -- System -- Allow Remote Access there is an option that says "Allow connections only from computers running Remote Desktop with Network Level Authentication". So with this enabled I can con not connect from Linux. I can connect from XP but you need SP3 and I had to edit a couple of things in the registry for it to work.
I have a print server running windows server 2008 that has about 50 printers on it. In windows XP, I was able to connect to the server using the UNC name and make a shortcut to the "printers and faxes" folder. (For the record, I know that it really isn't a folder, but that's outside the scope of this question.)
I have recently switched to windows 7 and I find that the jump lists are really useful. One of the things I want to do is make it easy to connect to that server's "printers and faxes" folder. I would like to use something like a shortcut that I can open and go immediately to that location. The problem is that windows 7 doesn't have a way to create a shortcut like you could in WinXP. They have a button on the toolbar that says "view remote printers" which sends you to the correct folder.
I'd like to avoid having to type out the server name. I also can't use the "view network" link in windows explorer. Our organization has over 6,000 machines and viewing the network lists all of them.
This is all about saving time by using the minimum number of mouse clicks and key presses in normal operation.
Does anyone have any suggestions?
I am having a problem performing maintenance tasks on Microsoft SQL Server 2008 after changing my server name from the original random name given during installation to the one I prefer
This is the error am getting
Could not obtain Information about Windows NT group/users
'WIN-4N4A9TLBGJJ\Administrator', error code 0x534
Is there a way I can fix this problem without having to delete the account and recreating it again?
I built a new PC from the following components:
- CPU: Intel Core i7 950
- MB: Gigabyte X58A-UD3R
- RAM: 2x2gb i7 Corsair memory
- VGA: Zotac AMP2 GTX260
- HDD: 1 GreenSATA HDD (Western Digital 500gb RE2)
When I turn it on, it goes for a few seconds, fans at maximum speed, then turns off.
The again, it starts by itself.. and goes with fans on max speed, nothing happens.
First I suspected my PSU. It's a Chieftec 450AA PSU.
After I borrowed a Chieftec 550AA PSU, I tried to start with that.
Exact same story.
Any idea ? Do I need a bigger PSU?
Reason why its not localized. I never seen this turn on, off, on.
If you give answer for that, it would already help people like me, with the same problem.
Sounds like easy task to some but such a difficult task for me to do...
The main requirement for this task is to setup something in offices located on different locations, so (1st question) users are able to log on to the domain without VPN when they are in one of the offices. Additionally, (2nd question)how they can log on to the domain server when they are on the road like in a starbuck, what do they have to do to connect to domain after VPN connection are successful.
also it's my understanding that, we can't share resource from computers on different network segments, (3rd question)what is the best solution to bridge/combine two network segments(two office in different locations) so computers of different location can see each other.
Thank you in advance for any response.
I've got a Fedora server running Subversion and svnserve on port 3690. My repo is at /var/svn/project_name. I have my router forwarding port 3690 to the local server (as well as port 80, 21, 22 and a few others). When I connect locally to svn://192.168.0.2/project_name it works great. When I connect from an external server to svn://my.static.ip/project_name I get a time out connecting to the host. However, if I http://my.static.ip there is no problem, so port forwarding is working (at least for port 80).
I don't want to run WebDAV or svn via HTTP/s. I'd like it to work using svnserve, as documented in the svn book. What have I misconfigured?
EDIT Here is the last part of my iptables dump. I'm not an expert, but it looks OK to me:
ACCEPT tcp -- anywhere anywhere state NEW tcp dpt:svn
ACCEPT udp -- anywhere anywhere state NEW udp dpt:svn
ACCEPT tcp -- anywhere anywhere state NEW tcp dpts:6680:6699
ACCEPT udp -- anywhere anywhere state NEW udp dpts:6680:6699
REJECT all -- anywhere anywhere reject-with icmp-host-prohibited
EDIT 2 Results from sudo netstat -tulpn
tcp 0 0 0.0.0.0:3690 0.0.0.0:* LISTEN 1455/svnserve